Dalmatian language

...Romance language formerly spoken along the Dalmatian coast from the island of Veglia (modern Krk) to Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik). Ragusan Dalmatian probably disappeared in the 17th century; the
Vegliot Dalmatian dialect became extinct in the 19th century.

Romance language

...Udina), having been blown up by a land mine in 1898. He was the main source of knowledge for his parents’ dialect (that of the island of Veglia [modern Krk], though he was hardly an ideal informant.
Vegliot Dalmatian was not his native language, and he had learned it only from listening to his parents’ private conversations. Moreover, he had not spoken the language for 20 years at the time he...